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SYSTEM NEWS
Visiting professor Barbara L. Schuster presents at annual Roger B. Thomas Memorial Lecture
Barbara L. Schuster, M.D., MACP, presented “Leadership, Following, Managing and Teaching,” as the 10th Annual Roger B. Thomas Memorial Lecture, Sept. 28 at the John H. Ammon Medical Education Center at Christiana Care. Dr. Schuster is a clinical professor
in the College of Pharmacy at
the University of Georgia and an affiliated professor in the School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Israel. ●
At the Sept. 28 Department of Medicine Roger B. Thomas, M.D., Memorial Grand Rounds, from left: Allen Friedland, M.D., FACP, FAAP, program director of Christiana Care’s Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program; Kunal P. Bhagat, M.D., FACP, chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine; Virginia U. Collier, M.D., MACP, retired chair of the Department of Medicine; guest speaker Barbara L Schuster, M.D., MACP; Diane Thomas, past president, Junior Board of Christiana Care Health System and widow of Dr. Thomas; and LeRoi S. Hicks, M.D., MPH, FACP, Hugh R. Sharp Jr. Chair of Medicine and physician leader of Christiana Care’s Acute Medicine Service Line.
Critical Care Nurse Residency Program earns ANCC accreditation with distinction
The Christiana Care Critical Care Nurse Residency Program has been granted formal accreditation with distinction by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
The 24-week program integrates educational components with preceptor-led clinical experiences to ease the transition to critical care nursing. It convenes in March and July.
The Critical Care Nursing Residency Program at Christiana Care is only the 15th in the nation to receive accreditation by the ANCC.
“This is the first of our residency programs
to be formally accredited and only the 15th accredited program in the country,” said Christiana Care Chief Nurse Executive Richard G. Cuming, Ed.D., RN, NEA-BC, FAAN.
He commended Thea Eckman, MSN, RN, and Jennifer Painter, MSN, APRN, CNS, RN-BC, OCN, AOCNS, for their leadership and
vision in guiding the program to accreditation. “Once again Christiana Care Health System is recognized for excellence on the national and international stage,” he said.
Ric Cuming, Ed.D., RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
Other nursing residency programs at Christiana Care include the Emergency Department, Neonatal, Progressive Care and Medical-Surgical Nurse Residency Programs.
ANCC Practice Transition Accreditation validates hospital residency programs that transition newly registered nurses into practice settings that meet rigorous, evidence-based standards for quality and excellence. Nurses in accredited transition programs experience curricula that promote the acquisition of knowledge, skills and professional behaviors necessary to deliver safe, high- quality care. ●
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